Bagel #3
215 x 275 mm, 192 pages
London, UK
Since 2023
Founders and creative direction: Stuart Brumfitt, Julian Cirrone and Arnaud Milliquet
Editor: Stuart Brumfitt
Art director: Arnaud Milliquet/ATMA World
From editor Stuart Brumfitt (formally of Fantastic Man, i-D and The Face no less) comes Bagel, a tennis title focusing on the sport's ‘increasing diversity, influence on fashion and participation in popular culture.’ The name, as you keen fans out there will know, refers to a set ending in a 6-0 scoreline.
Gracing the cover of issue #3 (technically their fourth; they began with #0) is indie signer Faye Webster—the ‘backhand girlie’ discusses her friendship with Coco Gauff, playing tennis on tour and Andre Agassi obsession. Elsewhere, photographs from Arthur Ashe's tour of Apartheid-era South Africa; the psychology of choking; tennis onscreen; the rise of the super coach (a la Andy Murray); and Madrid's excellently titled queer tennis club Lesbian Garros.